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  • Exploring the Enigma of Database Vacuuming

    Before we discuss what VACUUM does and its implications, we need to understand how data is...

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    Why SQLite Performance Tuning Made Bencher 1200x Faster

    Last week, I got feedback from a user that their Bencher Perf Page was taking a...

  • Container Loading in AWS Lambda - Marc's Blog

    Back in 2019, we started thinking about how allow Lambda customers to use container images to...

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    Fast Virtual Functions: Hacking the VTable for Fun and Profit

    Virtual functions have clear intrinsic value; using them can make architectures significantly more flexible and solve...

  • How Rustls (Rust TLS) fights to stay faster than OpenSSL

    Rustls is a modern Transport Layer Security (TLS) library written in Rust, with the aim of...

  • Processing One Billion Rows in PHP!

    You may have heard of the "The One Billion Row Challenge" (1brc) and in case you...